{"id":6381,"date":"2015-02-23T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T10:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2015-02-23T14:02:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T13:02:11","slug":"are-bassists-hot-and-are-trombone-players-good-kissers-crucial-questions-for-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/02\/23\/are-bassists-hot-and-are-trombone-players-good-kissers-crucial-questions-for-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Are bassists hot, and are trombone players good kissers ? Crucial questions for Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to colleague, Mick Norman, for pointing us in the direction of this revealing graphic by Rick O&#8217;Bannon and the <strong>Baltimore Symphony Orchestra<\/strong>. Collating the questions Google auto-predicts, it shows some crucial questions are being asked of the search engine about the heady world of orchestral musicians, including &#8221;Do trombone players make good kissers?&#8221; and &#8221;How much do oboe players get paid ?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the interests of impartiality,\u00a0we are, of course\u00a0unable to comment on either of these critical questions&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6382\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bsomusic.org\/stories\/what-is-the-internet-asking-google-about-an-orchestra.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6382\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/02\/googleautocomplete_edit3_1000x739.png\" alt=\"Image: Rick O'Bannon \/ BSO\" width=\"501\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/02\/googleautocomplete_edit3_1000x739.png 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/02\/googleautocomplete_edit3_1000x739-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Rick O&#8217;Bannon \/ BSO: click to read article<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Read the full feature on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s website <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bsomusic.org\/stories\/what-is-the-internet-asking-google-about-an-orchestra.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/02\/23\/are-bassists-hot-and-are-trombone-players-good-kissers-crucial-questions-for-google\/&amp;t=Are bassists hot, and are trombone players good kissers ? 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